Sarah Gabriel, a Partner in the Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery Department at Peters & Peters, will be hosting a table at a speed networking event for women lawyers, organised by the Law Society in conjunction with We Are The City. The event will take place on Tuesday 31st May 2016 from 5.30pm until 9.00pm […]
Following years of anticipation and comment, the past months have seen a flurry of enforcement activity in relation to the offence of failing to prevent bribery, contrary to section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 (the “section 7 offence”). November 2015 saw the approval of the UK’s first Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) between the Serious […]
Neil Swift, a Partner in the firm’s Business Crime Department, was quoted in City A.M., discussing the SFO’s Libor investigation at the outset of the third Libor trial. The full article, which was published 4 March 2016, is available here.
Introduction This month, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published a discussion paper seeking input on proposals to introduce greater transparency in respect of certain foreign companies. In broad terms, the proposals seek to bring foreign companies that hold English or Welsh real estate, or that intend to bid for UK Government contracts, under a […]
On Friday 25 March, Maria Cronin will give anti-money laundering training to a group of Bulgarian lawyers. The training is delivered as part of the ongoing partnership between the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) and the Sofia Bar Association, Bulgaria. Maria has extensive experience in high profile international corruption and money laundering cases. Her successes include securing the discharge […]
Keith Oliver, Senior Partner at Peters & Peters since 2005, recently discussed his career, international practice and future plans with The Brief, the monthly newsletter of legal recruitment company, BCL. You can read the full interview here.
On 19 April 2016 Charlotte Tregunna will be contributing to a Law Society training session for aspiring student lawyers. Charlotte will join a panel of lawyers from different organisations and will talk about her experiences training and qualifying at Peters & Peters.
Our client, Mr David Hughes, is a British kayaking instructor engaged by the British Army, who successfully challenged a charge of manslaughter in Cyprus. The investigation concerns the death of a British soldier in an accident during a kayaking exercise organised by the British Army’s Adventure Training unit. Mr Hughes cooperated fully with the British Army in its internal investigation of […]
Neil Swift discusses the recent decision in McKenzie v SFO was published in Fraud Intelligence. The case concerned the SFO’s handling of electronic devices which are claimed to contain legally privileged material, raising important issues for persons involved in investigations. The full article, “Handled with care – High Court approves SFO’s treatment of seized electronic devices” is available […]
We act for a prominent Russian businessman, who was accused of large scale fraud and money laundering in the Russian Federation. As a result, our client became the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice at the request of the Russia Federation. We made detailed submissions to INTERPOL that the allegations against our client were entirely […]
